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Sigmond was born in 1830 in Kalisz, Poland and was the elder son of Rev Samuel Hoffnung and his mother Caroline. In 1836 the family migrated to England.  His father became minister and cantor of the small Jewish community in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and in 1840 moved to the Exeter Synagogue. Sigmond was educated in Liverpool but…

They were escaped convicts running from the lash in brutal penal colonies, a shipwrecked woman taken by a cannibal tribes chief as his wife - and a cabin boy left for dead and rescued by female members of an Aboriginal tribe.

This week we continue with the story of the Boas family. Harold was born 27 September 1883 in Adelaide, the third son of ten children of Abraham and Elizabeth Boas. He was educated at Whinham and Prince Alfred Colleges in Adelaide and went on to study further at the South Australian School of Mines and…

An American who recently moved from the USAs mid-west to Australia has shared some of the adorable values outlined in a permanent residency document.

Owen Moorhouse recalls a cruise along the coast of New South Wales and reflects on the history and landmarks of his home waters

Abraham was born on 25 November 1842 in Amsterdam.  He was the son of a Rabbi, Tobias Eliesar Boas and his mother Eva Salomon-Levi. It was a family of distinguished Jewish scholars and ministers who had fled from Poland to Holland late in the seventeenth century. Abraham followed in the family’s footsteps and studied to…

Coverage of the Zachary Rolfe verdict — not guilty of murdering Kumanjayi Walker — says all you need to know about Australian racism.

Peter Baker reviews David Hunt's 'GIRT: The Unauthorised History of Australia', a compelling book that manages to both educate and amuse. B

There are an estimated 400,000 feral horses roaming Australia, an incredible number when you consider that they were introduced to the continent just over 200

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